The quantitative reasoning
requirement has been established to develop students' abilities
to collect, summarize, and analyze numerical data, to make abstract
concepts operational, and to think critically about the accuracy
and soundness of conclusions based on data or on mathematical
models. Quantitative reasoning courses often embed methodological
training in the subject matter of the courses that may be the
principal focus of the curriculum. These courses vary widely in
the skills that are emphasized, but they usually include one or
more of the following:

F.
Assessing the limitations of research, such as the reliability
and validity of measures, adequacy of experimental design, sample
size and quality, and alternative hypotheses and interpretations.

Each Brandeis undergraduate
is required to take one course from the approved list of quantitative
reasoning courses. This list may change, so students should consult
the most recent list of approved courses in the Course Schedule
to assure that they will receive requirement credit. (However,
students will not be denied credit retroactively if a course taken
to fulfill the requirement is later dropped from the list.)

Courses with an asterisk (*)
satisfy the quantitative reasoning requirement only when they
are taken with the corresponding lab.